STORY: China, Ghana celebrate 62nd anniversary of friendship treaty
DATELINE: Aug. 21, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:26
LOCATION: Accra
CATEGORY: POLITICS

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4. SOUNDBITE (English): ANANI DEMUYAKOR, Chairman of GHACHIFA and former Ghanaian ambassador to China
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STORYLINE:

China and Ghana celebrated their 62nd anniversary of the signing of a friendship treaty in Ghana's capital Accra late Friday, marking a long-lasting and beneficial friendship between the two countries.

During the celebration, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana Lu Kun said in a statement that China and Ghana have always been very good friends and would work more to facilitate the people-to-people exchange between the two countries.

Aikins Abrokwa, director for the Asia and Pacific Bureau at Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation, said that engagements between Ghana and China over the years have been mutually beneficial.

"The frequent engagements by officials from Ghana and China at the bilateral and multilateral levels have yielded very concrete dividends in recent times, including boosting the trade relations, with Chinese investments in various sectors such as manufacturing and energy, agriculture, and the service sector recording considerable growth," said Abrokwa.

The director also commended the Ghana-China Friendship Association (GHACHIFA) for driving an agenda for enhanced cooperation between the two countries.

Anani Demuyakor, chairman of GHACHIFA and former Ghanaian ambassador to China, told Xinhua that there is a need to move the relationship between the two countries to another level.

SOUNDBITE (English): ANANI DEMUYAKOR, Chairman of GHACHIFA and former Ghanaian ambassador to China
"China-Ghana relationship has been improving since time immemorial, but now we have to introduce some new blood, new vigor for us to go even higher."

China and Ghana established a diplomatic relationship in 1960, and the two countries signed the friendship treaty the following year.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Accra.
(XHTV)